Starlit Trip to the Library

Andrew Katz teaches Children’s Literature and Creative Writing at Dawson College in Montreal, and in 2013 he won his school’s Director General’s Award for Teaching Excellence. His first picture book, How to Catch a Bear Who Loves to Read, co-written with Juliana Léveillé-Trudel, was nominated for the 2020 Prix Peuplier, an Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading award. He is also the author of I Just Want to Be Super! Juliana Léveillé-Trudel co-authored with Andrew Katz the first installment of Julia’s adventures, How to Catch a Bear Who Loves to read (2018). She is also a novelist (Nirliit, La Peuplade, 2015), a playwright, and a founder of the Productions de Brousse. Her work has been translated into English, Spanish, Icelandic, Danish, and Basque. She splits her time between Montreal and the countryside of her childhood, surrounded by forests, animals, and books. Joseph Sherman is a Gemini award-winning children’s animation series director, with 30 years of experience in the design and production of animated series, motion graphics, and print illustrations.

" Katz and Léveillé-Trudel’s story celebrates books, libraries, the act of storytelling and the comfort of a well-told bedtime tale "